The film received mixed reviews from critics and was accused of being too subdued and not as diverting as the previous Factory theatrical release Heat (1972).

[2] Jane and Donna are introduced to housemates Michael and Max, the millionaire son of a urinal cake tycoon and a sex worker respectively.

Max, while happy to have a luxurious home to live in, feels lonely under Michael's overbearing control and finds himself enamored with the ditzy Jane.

Max enjoys a fling with Jane, and Donna eventually realizes after an extremely unsuccessful attempt to sleep with Michael that he’s avoiding being intimate with her.

[2] Warhol superstars Jane Forth, Donna Jordan, Jay Johnson, and Corey Tippin were among illustrator Antonio Lopez's entourage and modeling in Paris by the summer of 1970.

[9] Warhol spent most of his time during the production antique shopping with fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent who would regularly visit the set.

in explaining that he included shots of historical Paris sites as a continuity device since the film lacked a script and was improvise day-by-day.

[18] Ernest Leogrande of the Daily News wrote, "There are moments in 'L'Amour' watching Michael Sklar and Donna Jordan together when it seems we might have a contemporary Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers team on our hands.

"[1] Bernard Drew of The Reporter Dispatch wrote, "There is raunchy humor to the proceedings, occasionally redolent of Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' and 'Quiet Days in Clichy,' in drag, and though the Warhol-Morrissey films continue to be ever so more technically expert, still enough amateurism and awkwardness remain to lend their faintly unsavory characters a touching charm a more sleekly glossy production might not otherwise render.